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OpenAI was also the catalyst for a surge in Figma shares after CEO Sam Altman promoted the design software vendor's technology in an onstage demo.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
7 Oct. 2025 -
But Brennan adds a catalyst in Adeline (Suzanna Son), depicting her as his soulmate and the person who most encourages his violence, in a characterization built almost purely on speculation.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
6 Oct. 2025
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Zelda went on to denounce a growing trend on social media, where people use AI-generators to create videos of deceased celebrities, her father included.—
Daniel S. Levine,
PEOPLE,
7 Oct. 2025
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Portable chargers, generators, power stations and car jump starters are all on sale.—
Christopher Murray
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FOXNews.com,
7 Oct. 2025
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The powerful currents of flash floods can carry drivers off the road.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Oct. 2025
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The strong currents from flash floods can pull drivers off roadways.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
11 Oct. 2025
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Outsourcing the job to non-state actors allows aggressors to avoid activating the terms that trigger action in security alliances, making the reputational damage of inaction by the security guarantor much lower.—
Omar Al-Ubaydli,
semafor.com,
8 Oct. 2025
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Build a heavily-armored door that slams shut via a trigger and control panel, and get ready to battle with the rotating turret.—
Anja Webb,
Parents,
7 Oct. 2025
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Part of what has led to this situation is the cheap money flowing into markets in recent years thanks to the ballooning national debt used to fuel stimulus as well as quantitative easing during the COVID pandemic.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
9 Oct. 2025
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Investors interpreted the outcome as signaling continued stimulus and a steady hand at the Bank of Japan, easing fears of policy tightening in the near term.—
Yun Li,
CNBC,
6 Oct. 2025
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The movie is produced by co-executors of the Michael Jackson estate, John Branca and John McClain, and stars Paris' cousin Jaafar Jackson, 29, as the late pop star.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
2 Oct. 2025
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Still, the executors of his estate pressed on and won.—
Zach Schonfeld,
The Hill,
24 Sep. 2025
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Hanke relates that it was riddled with loopholes that handed the Banco Central de la República Argentina discretionary monetary powers.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
8 Oct. 2025
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ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.—
Megan O’Matz,
ProPublica,
8 Oct. 2025
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Washington can stomach Sarr’s undisciplined shot diet because the team, still early in its rebuild, has little incentive to win right now.—
Josh Robbins,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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Finance is full of bad incentives and outright exploitation.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Activator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/activator. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.
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